"Well, yes… that’s why I was asking - to see if anyone has done this and knew what types of glitter would work.
Haven’t added anything yet but a bought a packet of cosmetic grade heat/ solvent resistant glitter that I was…"
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Glitter transplant ?
Started this discussion. Last reply by lampfancy on Thursday. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Have a Mathmos Neo bottle I’m thinking of repurposing as a glitter, but with the now prohibitive costs of getting glitter kits in the UK I was thinking of just buying a cheap generic glitter lamp as…Continue
Sticking wax solution?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Kensington Sep 22. 22 Replies 0 Likes
I posted about this a while back but the trail has gone a bit cold, so to speak.Just wondered if anyone had any success in finding a ‘hands on’ approach to solving the sticking wax issue that seems…Continue
Mathmos Astro - sticking wax?
Started this discussion. Last reply by BR4X Apr 21. 5 Replies 0 Likes
I touched on this in another thread, but with that now ‘buried’ thought it might be worth starting a separate thread for this issue. I recently swapped the master-fluid between two Astro bottles a…Continue
Fluid swap? (Mathmos Astro)
Started this discussion. Last reply by lampfancy Apr 12. 22 Replies 1 Like
Hello - Just a bit of an appeal for information for anyone who has experience of lamp bottle ‘transplants’ (particularly Mathmos)Have never been much of a 'tamperer', but having recently received a…Continue
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"You may find changing the actual glitter pieces / add new glitter may result in not flowing, the glitter flakes in the liquid you have has been worked out for weight and suspension in the fluid aka use heavier glitter could result in it staying at…"
"Thanks for that, not sure I can match that sort of ambition, but will see how it goes with this little 'project'
So, got a generic Chinese glitter lamp from eBay, liquid is a nice colour but the glitter seems poor quality, with quite a few…"
"I do it all the time just don't mix different brands. See some of the lamps I've posted here that I've designed using other glitter lamps liquid and glitter and it's way cheaper to swap. One day LavaLite had a sale and free…"
"I don't understand what you mean, as the final costs for an UK Import from Germany is only 1% more tax compared to before brexit. You can use a service like mygermany.com for the forwarding, so no min order quantity. They forward very cheap,…"
"Modern glitter lamps are not made with solvent based formulas. They are made with things like sodium nitrate or calcium chloride dissolved in water. These are relatively safe. Just don't eat or drink it or put it in your eyes and you will be…"
Glitter transplant ?
Have a Mathmos Neo bottle I’m thinking of repurposing as a glitter, but with the now prohibitive costs of getting glitter kits in the UK I was thinking of just buying a cheap generic glitter lamp as a ‘donor’ and transferring the contents over - just wondered if anyone else had done similar?
Seems it should be straightforward enough, in theory, but I wonder if there might be factors I hadn’t considered?
Also a bit worried about the health and safety aspect with the potent solvent based fluids…See More
"Defiantly not one for me either, not that I would be in the market for a lamp at that price point in any case
Not a huge fan of the princess on which it’s based either but at least they were a bit better proportioned, with the wooden legs…"
"Or the morally bankrupt reprobates who flout energy efficiency standards, and by extension give a firm middle finger to the earth/environment* to satisfy their twisted lamp fetish
?You decide…
* perhaps ironic, given with the lava…"
"Imagine it - a dystopian future, where lava lamps can only legally exist in computer generated holographic form, with the acquisition of physical lamps to satisfy the ‘purists’ now an illicit underground trade
heavy…"
"Interesting discussion about lava lamps vs/ energy efficiency, it does makes you wonder about the future of lava lamps and what, if anything, Mathmos may be doing to adapt in the age of impending climate doom, since they seem to have given up in the…"
"Think the combinations they've chosen for the video are a bit jarring, they've got it the wrong way round - would look better with yellow/ orange on the orange base and violet/pink for the pink base"
"I don't know, the orange could go quite well with my orange Gritito lampshade..."
"So it’s two new paint finishes on the Neo, now offered in bright pink or orange - look decent enough, bright colours make a change, reminds me a bit of the neon/ day glow Jets from the ‘90s, probably won’t be rushing to buy…"
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Not ‘feeling’ it either, more makeshift sci-fi prop than elegantly resolved design piece, will probably be ruinously expensive anyway.
Was there not talk of there possibly being more than one new lamp release, so hopefully we might…"
".After, by the way the lamp,isn’t hazy it’s the tv in the background and hard to get a good pict"
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- At 11:21pm on February 3, 2017,
Modulo '70 said…
- Hi lampfancy. A slightly belated welcome to you from a fellow Brit collector and Mathmos fan.
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